n PRODUCT CATALOG n Providing Global Power Quality Solutions It is a global economy, that is why Powervar manufactures power quality solutions for North American and International electronic equipment. Getting conditioned, quality power is not strictly a North American challenge. Globally, the quality of electrical power can vary dramatically from place to place. Every piece of electronic equipment in the world works better and more dependably when it is protected from spikes, blackouts, electrical noise, common mode voltage and other power protection challenges. That is why Powervar designs and manufactures a complete line of power quality solutions to be used around the world. ® Powervar provides power protection solutions you can rely on ... Solutions for Power Quality every hour of every day ... everywhere ... with confidence. Your Avoid all of the unnecessary costs 4-5 sensitive electronic systems are hanging out there . open and vulnerable to nearly every kind of power problem man and nature The 3 D’s of Power Quality 6 can throw at them. This product guide provides information to The ABCs of Power Conditioning 7 help you select effective protection for your microprocessor- Power Viruses 8-9 based electronic equipment. It shows the complete lineup of We have the right solution 10-11 Powervar products including features, specifications and product Standard Power Conditioners 12-13 selection assistance. Ground Guard Power Conditioners 14-15 Medical Power Conditioners 16-17 Welcome to Powervar, offering real solutions and quality Hardwired Power Conditioners 18-19 protection for your critical technology. Single-Phase Power Conditioner 20-21 Global Power Interface (GPI) Power Conditioners 22-27 GTS Series UPM 28-29 Security II UPMs 30-37 Mobile Power Manager (MPM) 38-39 Powervar Sales Philosophy Security Plus II Series UPS 40-41 Sinergy III Series UPS 42-43 The Powervar technical sales team is dedicated to solving power quality problems before and after they occur. Proactive and Local Area Power Center (LAPC) 44-45 professional with global capabilities – these experts at Powervar 3300 Series Three-Phase UPS 46-47 offer unmatched Solutions for Power Quality. 3400 Series Three-Phase UPS 48-49 Corporate information 50-51 Avoid all of the unnecessary costs — financial and otherwise — of equipment downtime. Whatever your business or profession may be, equipment which crashes can cause real problems for your entire operation. Damaged or compromised components, disrupted processes, lack of reliability . they all add up to frustration, broken schedules and costly downtime. The problem is caused by a host of power disturbances – some visible and many invisible - that threaten your equipment’s operation every year. Power “disturbances” are simply those large and small variations in the quality of the electric power you use day in and day out. Disturbances can come from your local utility company, but most are created within your own facility as a result of the distribution and use of electrical power. These variations include high-energy voltage transients, sags and swells, electrical noise, and common-mode voltage, as well as the power outages everyone witnesses when the lights go out. The vast majority of these disturbances are likely to be unnoticeable, that is, until you have to deal with the expensive consequences. What is wrong with electrical power? The average, well-managed electrical supply system in OECD nations, such as North America or Western Europe experiences about 8.8 hours of power outages annually. (World Energy Council) But like an iceberg, it is what you do not see that usually causes the most POWER QUALITY PROBLEMS ARE LIKE ICEBERGS... damage. While power outages are the visible part of the threat, there It is what you do not see that usually causes the most damage. are other types of power disturbances which you cannot see. These disturbances are hazardous to equipment which requires clean, quality power in order to perform at peak efficiency. The more sophisticated your equipment, the more vulnerable it is to damage from power quality problems. Around the world, research shows power disturbances are prevalent everywhere there is electricity. 5 The ABCs of Power Conditioning The 3 D’s of Power Quality Input Output There are three ways that power quality problems affect sensitive microprocessor-based equipment. They are AC AC called the “3 D’s” – Destruction, Degradation, and Disruption. The 3 D’s are warning signs that your system is A B C D E F experiencing power quality problems. G Destruction occurs when a power disturbance is so large that its energy literally “blows up” Surge Low Noise Voltage Battery Frequency or destroys a semiconductor device like a transistor or integrated circuit. Destructive power Diverter Impedance Filter Regulator Backup Regulator Isolation System Ground Loop disturbances are the easiest to identify since they leave visible evidence of their occurrence Transformer Control — smoke, soot and charred components. Establishing cause and effect is easy with destructive events. Think you are protected? Let’s really see . Degradation occurs when lower amplitude power disturbances enter an Surge diverters, filters and ordinary UPS systems are only partially effective. electronic system and affect a semiconductor at a microscopic level. Solid-state junctions are designed to operate at small voltages. Degrading power disturbances In 1986, Powervar created The ABCs of Power Conditioning as a way of explaining the seven basic power protection often exceed the voltage tolerances of the component. Erosion of the semiconductor elements used to build an effective power quality solution. These building blocks are available to every power material occurs (much like rust damages metal), leaving less of the semiconductor protection manufacturer – yet most manufacturers choose to include only one or two of the building blocks in their material to handle the current needs of the circuit. Higher operating temperatures product. At best that means your system and your business are only partially protected. are the result. Damage from degrading events tends to be cumulative. You should not have to wonder which protection building blocks are in the power protection solution you are Eventually so much damage occurs that the semiconductor junction considering. That is why Powervar products include the ABCs as part of our model number nomenclature. experiences “thermal runaway” and fails. Establishing cause and effect may be You will never be in the dark about what type of protection you have selected. difficult or impossible since there are not any visible failure indications. The solution is power conditioning from Powervar. That is how you protect your valuable equipment — and your Disruption occurs from power disturbances that are of such a frequency business operation — from power outages and unseen power disturbances. and amplitude that they can mimic actual logic signals, causing the digital system to make incorrect decisions. Disruption also occurs when neutral to ground (common mode) voltages become excessive. Disruptive events are difficult to document and may be easily mistaken for software “bugs” or The ABCs of Power Conditioning operator errors. Disruptive events are the most common cause of system In many respects, power problems are like a biological virus. They enter your electronic equipment unseen. lockups and “No Trouble Found” service calls. By the time you become aware of them, the damage has already been done. And like a virus, prevention of power problems is preferable to curing them after they have done their dirty work. Whatever your problem, whatever your system . Powervar has the answers you can depend on to prevent power quality problems. Let’s examine the different power quality disturbances or viruses, and which of elements of the ABCs are used to combat each. 7 Power Viruses HIGH-VOLTAGE SURGES — Power surges can send your expensive computers and other electronic equipment to the dumpster. Surges can contain substantial amounts of energy, causing outright catastrophic component failure. Some surges contain smaller energy levels that erode components microscopically, leaving them in a weakened state. Surges are addressed with a surge diverter (A) — a device that diverts excessive voltages away from the system by shunting them to ground. Although the surge diverter protects against these major power surges, transient voltages smaller than 250–300 volts usually slip by the surge diverter, causing equipment to be exposed to degrading energy spikes over the long term. COMMON-MODE VOLTAGE — Surge diverters (as well as noise filters) shunt disturbance energy to ground, resulting in a neutral-to-ground (common-mode) voltage — a situation that’s highly disruptive to digital and microprocessor-based technologies. The low-impedance isolation transformer (B) provides a mechanism for bonding the electrical neutral to the ground in a way that is acceptable to electrical codes. This enhances the operation of surge diverters and noise filters because the transformer bond prevents the formation of neutral to ground voltage. The isolation transformer also acts as an excellent “cushion” against power disturbances in general. ELECTRICAL NOISE — Power line noise filters (C) address the disturbances that slip by the surge diverter along with the low-amplitude, high-frequency noise that the surge diverter is not designed to handle. Typically these disturbances are caused by nearby electrical “neighbors”